Perspectives

2 Peter 3:10-11,14   But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will ...

Every ministry I’ve ever given to sends me emails and snail mail at this time of year to encourage me ...

You can guess that the truth in the Bible is often at odds with the advice and opinion of popular ...

Luke 9:59-62  To another (Jesus) said, “Follow me.” But he replied, “[Lord,] let me go first and bury my father.” ...

What is your immediate reaction to the word “stewardship?” I hear from too many that stewardship is just a nice, ...

I remember early in my financial planning career that a commonly expressed goal was to retire early, say at age ...

       Psalm 116:12   How can I repay the LORD for all the great good done for me? ...

Interest rates are on the rise. That is because inflation is at its highest level since the early 1980’s. You ...

The article Tithing Our Time to God in Knightline, the Knights of Columbus newsletter, makes many good points about being ...

A big step in growing deeper in our discipleship of Jesus is acknowledging, in all humility, that God gives us ...

The season of Lent provides the perfect framework to reflect on your life. Are you the best disciple of Jesus ...

Life in these challenging days of Covid can seem like watching one of those wacky competition shows on cable TV ...

Put God first in every area of your life, including with your finances. When we resolve to live this way, we ...

Eleazar, in 2 Maccabees 6, demonstrates for us a great example of obedience and trust in God’s word. Rather than ...

Mt 22: 20-21  Jesus asked them, “Whose image is this, whose inscription?” They replied, “Caesar’s.” At that he said to them, ...

The reflection in The Word Among Us for Sunday’s 10-15-17 Gospel reading suggests that the wedding garment in Matthew 22: 1-14 represents ...

  Phil 2: 1-5  If there is any encouragement in Christ, any solace in love, any participation in the Spirit, any ...

In the months since the 2016 Presidential election many articles in Catholic publications seem to have a common thread of ...

That was the question put to me recently by a friend as we discussed tithing and our evolving lives and ...

There is no better example of trust in God’s provision than the widow in Mark 12: 42. How could this ...

I remember praying for moral leadership to win the 2012 elections. My hope was that those leaders would drag our ...

I was chastised in Mass today by the Priest because of the way I put money into the collection plate ...

I’ve been praying these many weeks for the moral leadership of our country. I confess I had a specific idea ...

That these past two to three years has brought financial stress on us all needs no further illumination. We feel ...

In a recent homily, we were challenged by being questioned if we were truly grateful for the many gifts God ...

Fr. Louie recounted a report of a children’s Christmas play from some years ago. If you have children, grandchildren or ...

I recently acquired the daily devotional book entitled Take Five: On-the-job Meditations with St. Ignatius written by Mike Aquilina and Fr. Kris ...

It’s great to go on vacation (thanks David and Kathy!). Over the past few years, in what is arguably the ...

Thumper used to say at his mother’s admonishing, “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.” Our ...

A blog thread on www.catholic.com started with the statement, “I simply cannot understand the stock market headlines.” Most of the ...